Fiber optic splice organizer
CA 1208055 A · Owner: Raychem Corporation · Inventors: Fentress, Vernon A.; Campbell, Bruce D.
Overview
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A method and device for organizing the bight of an optical fiber and the like at a splice or slack point is provided. The method comprises wrapping the bight on a sheet about a cylindrical core to form a helix or a pair of helices of opposite handedness thereby both, minimizing the diameter of a container necessary to enclose that bight and maximizing the bend radius of the fiber. A plurality of fibers per sheet, sheets per core or cores per, splice may be used if the number of fibers to be organized is large. A ready means of encapsulation is also provided.
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- Granted July 22, 1986. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended July 22, 2003.
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